Graham Sydney Ogden is an Old Testament scholar who served as Translations Consultant with the

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. Ogden contributed to the scholarly journals through his research and his writings began appearing in '' The Bible Translator'', ''

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'' and other journals.

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Ogden joined the

in 1985 and oversaw the translations in the Asia-Pacific region. As part of his visits to India, Ogden used visit the Bible Society of India,

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liaising with John Philipose, G. D. V. Prasad and Jonadob Nathaniel, the successive Translations incharges and oversee the translation/revision projects of the Bible Society of India in Bengali, Gujarati, Odiya, and Telugu. Ogden also used to visit the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary in

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liaising with Rev. G. Babu Rao,H. S. Wilson (Edited), ''The Church on the Move, Essays in honour of Victor Premasagar'', Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p.vi

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Old Testament Common Language Translation project of the Bible Society of India and a former study companion of Basil Rebera at the

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. As Translation Consultant with the

, Ogden took up translation of the

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into Troko, Amis, Yami, Bunun, Paiwan, Tayal, and

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. Ogden is a graduate of both Japanese (Tokyo) and Mandarin (Taipei) Language Schools. During Ogden's stint with the

, he worked closely with Basil Rebera, his colleague and Translations Consultant.

Writings

Ogden has contributed to the study of the

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and acknowledges the influence of senior Old Testament Scholars, Norman Porteous and Bernard Anderson.

Commentaries

* 1987, ''A Promise of Hope- a Call to Obedience: A Commentary on the Books of Joel and Malachi'' Graham S. Ogden, Richard Deutsch, ''A Promise of Hope- a Call to Obedience: A Commentary on the Books of Joel and Malachi'', William B. Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids/The Handsel Press Limited, Edinburgh, 1987.

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Books

*1975, ''The Tob-Spruch in Qoheleth : its function and significance as a criterion for isolating and identifying aspects of Qoheleth's thought'' * 1978, ''Moses and Cyrus'' * 1997, ''A Handbook on Ecclesiastes'' * 1998, ''A Handbook on Song of Songs'' * 2007, ''Qoheleth'' * 2011, ''Isaiah''

Articles

* 1979, ''Qoheleth's Use of the 'Nothing is Better'-Form'' * 1982, ''Prophetic oracles against foreign nations and Psalms of communal lament: the relationship of Psalm 137 to Jeremiah 49:7-22 and Obadiah'' * 1983, ''Qoheleth XI 1-6'' * 1983, ''Joel 4 and Prophetic Responses to National Laments'' * 1984, ''The Mathematics of Wisdom: Qoheleth IV 1-12'' * 1984, ''Qoheleth XI 7-XIII 8: Qoheleth's Summons to Enjoyment and Reflection'' * 1986, ''The Interpretation of dor in Ecclesiastes'' 1:4 * 1988, ''The Use of Figurative Language in Malachi 2:10-16'' * 1996, ''Jotham's Fable: its structure and function in Judges 9'' * 1997, ''The 'Better'-Probert (tob-Spruch), Rhetorical Criticism, and Qoheleth'' * 2003, ''Literary Allusions in Isaiah: Isaiah 44:28-45:13 Revisited'' * 2004, ''Temporal Idioms in Isaiah 16.14; 21.16; and 23.15'' * 2004, ''Rev. Euan McG. Fry'' Graham S. Ogden and Basil Rebera, ''Rev. Euan McG. Fry'', '' The Bible Translator'', Volume 55, Number 4, October 2004.

/ref> * 2004, ''The relationship between Isaiah 33.14b-16 and Psalm 15.1-5'' * 2005, ''Translator training in the UBS Asia-Pacific region'' * 2009, ''Note: An Exegetical Issue in Isaiah 16.14'' * 2010, ''Isaiah 24: A Case of Form over Content?'' Graham S. Ogden, ''Isaiah 24: A Case of Form over Content?'', '' The Bible Translator'', Volume 61, Number 1, January 2010

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References

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